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Medical Neurosciences: An Approach to Anatomy, Pathology, and Physiology by Systems and Levels, 4th ed
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* = poor.
medical complications , counseling strategies , pharmacological therapy, and prevention. The next 3 chapters provide information on anorexia nervosa-prevalence, psych iatric comorbidity, diagnostic issues, medical complications, evaluation techniques, treatment strategies and goals, working with the family, pharmacological therapy, and relapse prevention. The remaining 16 chapters review obesity: etiology, medical consequences, syndrome X, binge-eating disorder, behavioral treatments, exercise interventions, nutritional approaches including very-low-calorie diets, pharmacotherapy, genetics, surgery, the role of the physician, the role of a multidisciplinary treatment team, barriers to treatment, and prevention. Strengths: The chapters are authored by nationally known practitioners and are consistently formatted , numerous tables summarize research findings , and frequent examples of case studies and practical clinical guidelines are provided . Deficiencies: The text focuses primarily on obesity; additional chapters on bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa would make the book more comprehen sive. More information is needed on counseling strategies for body image disturbances and psychological distress in patients with bulimia . Recommended Readership: Health care professionals, both students and experienced practitioners, who are interested in treating patients with eating disorders and obesity . Overall Grading:
Pathology: A Color Atlas, by Ivan Damjanov and James Linder, 476 pp, with illus, $ 195, St Louis, Mo, Mosby (telephone : 800523-4229), 1999, ISBN 0-8151-2248-9 Type of Book: An atlas with images provided by more than 160 contributors. Scope of Book: This text presents an overview of systemic pathology, including the gross and microscopic alterations characteristic of most important disease,entities. Contents: This atlas is based on color illustrations from the wellreceived IOth edition of Anderson's Pathology (Mosby, 1996). The book contains 21 chapters covering all major organ systems. The disease entities are loosely grouped according to etiology (developmental , inflammatory , neoplastic , etc). The text portion of the book gives a brief overview of the most important features of the disease entities that are illustrated by high-quality color photographs of gross and microscopic specimens. Numerous tables list concise differential diagnoses of disease processes. Each chapter ends with a brief list of recent studies and review articles. Strengths: This book provides an excellent balance of gross and microscopic features of diseases, including genetic and developmental disorders. The concise text and tables offer a wealth of essential information for those preparing for subspecialty board examinations. Deficiencies: Although most of the illustrations are of excellent quality, the addition of arrows, labels, or both to the images would make it easier for the novice to identify critical features. Recommended Readership: This book will prove to be an invaluable resource for those preparing for subspecialty board examinations and for those who need a rapid review of the characteristic morphologic manifestations of a specific disease process. However, this book should be used in conjunction with the standard textbooks of pathology to ensure an in-depth understanding of basic mechanisms of disease processes . Overall Grading:
****
Matthew M. Clark, PhD, Donald E. McAlpine , MD, and Richard 1. Seime, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
Medical Neurosciences: An Approach to Anatomy, Pathology, and Physiology by Systems and Levels, 4th ed, by Eduardo E. Benarroch, Barbara F. Westmoreland , Jasper R. Daube, Thomas 1. Reagan, and Burton A. Sandok, 631 pp, with illus, $39.95, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (telephone : 800638-3030),1999, ISBN 0-7817-1426-5
****
Joseph P. Grande, MD, PhD, Department ofLaboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
Type of Book: A masterful summary and integration of the basic neuroscientific principles needed to understand the structure and function of the human nervous system from a clinical perspective . It is an updated and expanded version of a popular text written by 5 current or former Mayo Clinic faculty members, who again provide readers-whether novices or experienced c1inicianswith a framework for understanding clinically relevant aspects of the neurosciences. Scope of Book: The goal of this book is to give the reader a manageable amount of information . The authors have done a good job in selecting what is most important. Contents: The text has 5 major divisions, beginning with an outline of the reasoning process clinicians use in medical practice to solve neurologic problems. A subsequent brief survey of the neurosciences includes an exemplary presentation of the embryonic development of the nervous system and its clinical relevance
The Management of Eating Disorders and Obesity, edited by David J. Goldstein, 367 pp, with iIIus, $125, 999 Riverview Dr, Suite 208, Totowa, NJ 07512, Humana Press (telephone : 937256-1699),1999, ISBN 0-89603 -407-0 Type of Book: A multiauthored book for health care professionals providing clinical services for patients with eating disorders and obesity. Scope of Book: The book provides comprehensive literature reviews and clinical guidelines for bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa, and obesity. Contents: The first 4 chapters focus on bulimia nervosa, including diagnostic criteria, prevalence, psychiatric comorbidity, Mayo Clin Proc. 2000;75:661-662
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as well as an appropriate review of gross and microscopic neuropathology and neurophysiology. The next 2 sections analyze neurologic manifestations by longitudinal systems and horizontal levels. This concept appeared in the first edition, and its educational usefulness has stood the tests of time. The final section consists of appropriate teaching questions based on brief clinical vignettes, the answers to which are provided at the end of the text. Strengths: The material is appropriate, up-to-date, clinically relevant, concise, and lucid. It is a pleasure to read. Several original concepts aid the reader's understanding. Complex areas are outlined in simplified form, ie, an admirable section on neurochemical systems that organizes the wealth of information on neuroactive substances into a manageable format of clinical utility. Deficiencies: This is a good book with very few weaknesses. There is little discussion of genetics, a few radiographs are opaque, and the section on peripheral neurophysiology provides more information than most students or instructors need or want to know. Recommended Readership: Medical students, instructors charged with initiating, revising, or reinvigorating a neuroscience course, and clinicians in need of a well-organized update book to fill the gaps in their understanding of the neurosciences or to restore partially forgotten information.
Overall Grading:
*****
James Q. Miller, MD, Emeritus Professor ofNeurology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville
Atlas ofInfectious Diseases, by David R. Stone and Sherwood L. Gorbach, 211 pp, with illus, $125, Philadelphia, Pa, W. B. Saunders Company (telephone: 800-545-2522), 2000, ISBN 07216-7032-6
Type ofBook: An atlas of clinical infectious diseases written by 2 infectious disease specialists. Scope of Book: As an atlas of clinical infectious diseases, the book's stated purpose is "to provide pictures of disease entities that can be used by the astute clinician for early recognition of an underlying infection, whether localized or systemic." Contents: The atlas consists of 11 chapters, 8 of which are devoted to specific organ systems or anatomical regions. Additional chapters discuss the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, mycobacterial diseases, and viral diseases. The atlas contains 334 figures, primarily color and black-and-white photographs of physical examination findings and gross anatomical specimens, photomicrographs, and radiographs. Many of the figures are accompanied by artists' drawings that facilitate interpretation of the images. Several figures demonstrate progression of disease or response to treatment by using multiple chronologically sequenced photographs and radiographs. Accompanying-legends and 52 tables (16 of which are referenced) provide complementary factual content-the legends explain the figures, and the tables list differential diagnoses, laboratory and microbiologic findings, and treatments for the infectious disease processes illustrated by the figures.
Mayo Clin Proc, June 2000, Vol 75
Strengths: This comprehensive atlas of clinical infectious diseases is well organized and easy to use. Most of the illustrations (especially the color photographs) of physical examination findings and gross anatomical specimens are superb. The artists' drawings are especially helpful in interpreting the figures. The legends are factual, yet succinct. The tables contain vast amounts of information, are easy to read, and are well formatted. Deficiencies: Numerous figures, especially the black-and-white photographs of gross findings and radiographic studies, are difficult to interpret. For example, it is difficult to recognize the purported abnormalities in several photographs of the surgical field. Many of the radiographs lack arrows or other labels to highlight difficult to appreciate subtle findings. Finally, the tables are poorly referenced. For example, 1 table lists the bacterial findings in 230 cases of splenic abscess, but the source of the data is not provided. The next table lists similar findings for 25 cases ofliver abscess and includes a complete reference citation for the data. This inconsistency is found throughout the atlas. Recommended Readership: Students, residents, fellows, and attending physicians with an interest in clinical infectious diseases may find this atlas useful. Overall Grading:
***
Paul S. Mueller, MD, Division of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
BOOKS RECEIVED Manual of Rheumatology and Outpatient Orthopedic Disorders: Diagnosis and Therapy, 4th ed, 568 pp, with illus, $34.95, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000 Manual of Obstetrics, 6th ed, edited by Arthur T. Evans and Kenneth R. Niswander, 540 pp, with illus, $34.95, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000 Review of Intensive Care Medicine, 2nd ed, by Nicholas A. Smyrnios, Richard S. Irwin, Frank B. Cerra, and James M. Rippe, 275 pp, with illus, $49.95, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000 Fundamentals of Diagnostic Radiology, 2nd ed, edited by William E. Brant and Clyde A. Helms, 1460 pp, with illus, $149, Baltimore, Md, Williams & Wilkins, 1999 Manual of Nerve Conduction Studies, by Ralph M. Buschbacher, 287 pp, with illus, $49.95, New York, NY, Demos Vermande, 2000 Pediatric Urology Practice, edited by Edmond T. Gonzales and Stuart B. Bauer, 731 pp, with illus, $150, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1999 The Upper Limb and Hand, edited by Nicholas Barton and Patrick Mulligan, 256 pp, with illus, $80, Philadelphia, Pa, W. B. Saunders Company, 1999 Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Congenital Heart Disease: An Embryologic and Anatomic Approach, edited by Lilliam M. ValdesCruz and Raul O. Cayre, 572 pp, with illus, $205, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott-Raven, 1999 Reproduction in Farm Animals, 7th ed, edited by B. Hafez and E. S. E. Hafez, 509 pp, with illus, $59.95, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000 Contraception: Your Questions Answered, 3rd ed, by John Guillebaud, 536 pp, with illus, $3I.95, New York, NY, Churchill Livingstone, 1999 Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2nd ed (Board Review Series), by Elmar P. Sakala, 443 pp, with illus, $26.95, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000
For personal use. Mass reproduce only with permission from Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
***** ***
Book Reviews
**** = excellent;
* = poor.
medical complications , counseling strategies , pharmacological therapy, and prevention. The next 3 chapters provide information on anorexia nervosa-prevalence, psych iatric comorbidity, diagnostic issues, medical complications, evaluation techniques, treatment strategies and goals, working with the family, pharmacological therapy, and relapse prevention. The remaining 16 chapters review obesity: etiology, medical consequences, syndrome X, binge-eating disorder, behavioral treatments, exercise interventions, nutritional approaches including very-low-calorie diets, pharmacotherapy, genetics, surgery, the role of the physician, the role of a multidisciplinary treatment team, barriers to treatment, and prevention. Strengths: The chapters are authored by nationally known practitioners and are consistently formatted , numerous tables summarize research findings , and frequent examples of case studies and practical clinical guidelines are provided . Deficiencies: The text focuses primarily on obesity; additional chapters on bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa would make the book more comprehen sive. More information is needed on counseling strategies for body image disturbances and psychological distress in patients with bulimia . Recommended Readership: Health care professionals, both students and experienced practitioners, who are interested in treating patients with eating disorders and obesity . Overall Grading:
Pathology: A Color Atlas, by Ivan Damjanov and James Linder, 476 pp, with illus, $ 195, St Louis, Mo, Mosby (telephone : 800523-4229), 1999, ISBN 0-8151-2248-9 Type of Book: An atlas with images provided by more than 160 contributors. Scope of Book: This text presents an overview of systemic pathology, including the gross and microscopic alterations characteristic of most important disease,entities. Contents: This atlas is based on color illustrations from the wellreceived IOth edition of Anderson's Pathology (Mosby, 1996). The book contains 21 chapters covering all major organ systems. The disease entities are loosely grouped according to etiology (developmental , inflammatory , neoplastic , etc). The text portion of the book gives a brief overview of the most important features of the disease entities that are illustrated by high-quality color photographs of gross and microscopic specimens. Numerous tables list concise differential diagnoses of disease processes. Each chapter ends with a brief list of recent studies and review articles. Strengths: This book provides an excellent balance of gross and microscopic features of diseases, including genetic and developmental disorders. The concise text and tables offer a wealth of essential information for those preparing for subspecialty board examinations. Deficiencies: Although most of the illustrations are of excellent quality, the addition of arrows, labels, or both to the images would make it easier for the novice to identify critical features. Recommended Readership: This book will prove to be an invaluable resource for those preparing for subspecialty board examinations and for those who need a rapid review of the characteristic morphologic manifestations of a specific disease process. However, this book should be used in conjunction with the standard textbooks of pathology to ensure an in-depth understanding of basic mechanisms of disease processes . Overall Grading:
****
Matthew M. Clark, PhD, Donald E. McAlpine , MD, and Richard 1. Seime, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
Medical Neurosciences: An Approach to Anatomy, Pathology, and Physiology by Systems and Levels, 4th ed, by Eduardo E. Benarroch, Barbara F. Westmoreland , Jasper R. Daube, Thomas 1. Reagan, and Burton A. Sandok, 631 pp, with illus, $39.95, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (telephone : 800638-3030),1999, ISBN 0-7817-1426-5
****
Joseph P. Grande, MD, PhD, Department ofLaboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
Type of Book: A masterful summary and integration of the basic neuroscientific principles needed to understand the structure and function of the human nervous system from a clinical perspective . It is an updated and expanded version of a popular text written by 5 current or former Mayo Clinic faculty members, who again provide readers-whether novices or experienced c1inicianswith a framework for understanding clinically relevant aspects of the neurosciences. Scope of Book: The goal of this book is to give the reader a manageable amount of information . The authors have done a good job in selecting what is most important. Contents: The text has 5 major divisions, beginning with an outline of the reasoning process clinicians use in medical practice to solve neurologic problems. A subsequent brief survey of the neurosciences includes an exemplary presentation of the embryonic development of the nervous system and its clinical relevance
The Management of Eating Disorders and Obesity, edited by David J. Goldstein, 367 pp, with iIIus, $125, 999 Riverview Dr, Suite 208, Totowa, NJ 07512, Humana Press (telephone : 937256-1699),1999, ISBN 0-89603 -407-0 Type of Book: A multiauthored book for health care professionals providing clinical services for patients with eating disorders and obesity. Scope of Book: The book provides comprehensive literature reviews and clinical guidelines for bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa, and obesity. Contents: The first 4 chapters focus on bulimia nervosa, including diagnostic criteria, prevalence, psychiatric comorbidity, Mayo Clin Proc. 2000;75:661-662
**
661
© 2000 Mayo Foundati on f or Medical Education and Research
For personal use. Mass reproduce only with permission from Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
662
Book Reviews
as well as an appropriate review of gross and microscopic neuropathology and neurophysiology. The next 2 sections analyze neurologic manifestations by longitudinal systems and horizontal levels. This concept appeared in the first edition, and its educational usefulness has stood the tests of time. The final section consists of appropriate teaching questions based on brief clinical vignettes, the answers to which are provided at the end of the text. Strengths: The material is appropriate, up-to-date, clinically relevant, concise, and lucid. It is a pleasure to read. Several original concepts aid the reader's understanding. Complex areas are outlined in simplified form, ie, an admirable section on neurochemical systems that organizes the wealth of information on neuroactive substances into a manageable format of clinical utility. Deficiencies: This is a good book with very few weaknesses. There is little discussion of genetics, a few radiographs are opaque, and the section on peripheral neurophysiology provides more information than most students or instructors need or want to know. Recommended Readership: Medical students, instructors charged with initiating, revising, or reinvigorating a neuroscience course, and clinicians in need of a well-organized update book to fill the gaps in their understanding of the neurosciences or to restore partially forgotten information.
Overall Grading:
*****
James Q. Miller, MD, Emeritus Professor ofNeurology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville
Atlas ofInfectious Diseases, by David R. Stone and Sherwood L. Gorbach, 211 pp, with illus, $125, Philadelphia, Pa, W. B. Saunders Company (telephone: 800-545-2522), 2000, ISBN 07216-7032-6
Type ofBook: An atlas of clinical infectious diseases written by 2 infectious disease specialists. Scope of Book: As an atlas of clinical infectious diseases, the book's stated purpose is "to provide pictures of disease entities that can be used by the astute clinician for early recognition of an underlying infection, whether localized or systemic." Contents: The atlas consists of 11 chapters, 8 of which are devoted to specific organ systems or anatomical regions. Additional chapters discuss the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, mycobacterial diseases, and viral diseases. The atlas contains 334 figures, primarily color and black-and-white photographs of physical examination findings and gross anatomical specimens, photomicrographs, and radiographs. Many of the figures are accompanied by artists' drawings that facilitate interpretation of the images. Several figures demonstrate progression of disease or response to treatment by using multiple chronologically sequenced photographs and radiographs. Accompanying-legends and 52 tables (16 of which are referenced) provide complementary factual content-the legends explain the figures, and the tables list differential diagnoses, laboratory and microbiologic findings, and treatments for the infectious disease processes illustrated by the figures.
Mayo Clin Proc, June 2000, Vol 75
Strengths: This comprehensive atlas of clinical infectious diseases is well organized and easy to use. Most of the illustrations (especially the color photographs) of physical examination findings and gross anatomical specimens are superb. The artists' drawings are especially helpful in interpreting the figures. The legends are factual, yet succinct. The tables contain vast amounts of information, are easy to read, and are well formatted. Deficiencies: Numerous figures, especially the black-and-white photographs of gross findings and radiographic studies, are difficult to interpret. For example, it is difficult to recognize the purported abnormalities in several photographs of the surgical field. Many of the radiographs lack arrows or other labels to highlight difficult to appreciate subtle findings. Finally, the tables are poorly referenced. For example, 1 table lists the bacterial findings in 230 cases of splenic abscess, but the source of the data is not provided. The next table lists similar findings for 25 cases ofliver abscess and includes a complete reference citation for the data. This inconsistency is found throughout the atlas. Recommended Readership: Students, residents, fellows, and attending physicians with an interest in clinical infectious diseases may find this atlas useful. Overall Grading:
***
Paul S. Mueller, MD, Division of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
BOOKS RECEIVED Manual of Rheumatology and Outpatient Orthopedic Disorders: Diagnosis and Therapy, 4th ed, 568 pp, with illus, $34.95, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000 Manual of Obstetrics, 6th ed, edited by Arthur T. Evans and Kenneth R. Niswander, 540 pp, with illus, $34.95, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000 Review of Intensive Care Medicine, 2nd ed, by Nicholas A. Smyrnios, Richard S. Irwin, Frank B. Cerra, and James M. Rippe, 275 pp, with illus, $49.95, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000 Fundamentals of Diagnostic Radiology, 2nd ed, edited by William E. Brant and Clyde A. Helms, 1460 pp, with illus, $149, Baltimore, Md, Williams & Wilkins, 1999 Manual of Nerve Conduction Studies, by Ralph M. Buschbacher, 287 pp, with illus, $49.95, New York, NY, Demos Vermande, 2000 Pediatric Urology Practice, edited by Edmond T. Gonzales and Stuart B. Bauer, 731 pp, with illus, $150, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1999 The Upper Limb and Hand, edited by Nicholas Barton and Patrick Mulligan, 256 pp, with illus, $80, Philadelphia, Pa, W. B. Saunders Company, 1999 Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Congenital Heart Disease: An Embryologic and Anatomic Approach, edited by Lilliam M. ValdesCruz and Raul O. Cayre, 572 pp, with illus, $205, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott-Raven, 1999 Reproduction in Farm Animals, 7th ed, edited by B. Hafez and E. S. E. Hafez, 509 pp, with illus, $59.95, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000 Contraception: Your Questions Answered, 3rd ed, by John Guillebaud, 536 pp, with illus, $3I.95, New York, NY, Churchill Livingstone, 1999 Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2nd ed (Board Review Series), by Elmar P. Sakala, 443 pp, with illus, $26.95, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000
For personal use. Mass reproduce only with permission from Mayo Clinic Proceedings.